Corn could be orange for better vision / crops could be biofortified
By Hicbd
Thu Jan 21 2021 11:00 am
"Professor Torbert originally developed Orange Corn as part of an effort to help alleviate vitamin A deficiencies in Sub-Saharan Africa. The varieties of Orange Corn grown in Africa have higher levels of carotenoids that can be converted into vitamin A by the human body (called carotenes or provitamin A carotenoids). Since vitamin A deficiencies are rare in the U.S., the Orange Corn variety we offer here has been selected for increased levels of other carotenoids critical for maintaining healthy eye function as we age, a much greater concern for most Americans."
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